Notable: Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis is coming off her best overall game of the season as she scored 21 points on 7-for-12 shooting that included 5-for-10 from 3-point ranges. She also added six rebounds and four assists with only one turnover. ... Stefanie Dolson registered her seventh double-double of the season in the win over Memphis on Saturday. She had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Dolson has had nine rebounds or more in 12 of her last 13 games. ... Breanna Stewart had 17 points in her last game, marking the seventh time in her last 11 games she has scored at least 17 points. She also had eight rebounds in the game, the seventh game in a row she has had at least seven. ... Moriah Jefferson has had more turnovers than assists in only one game this season (Penn State, 3-2). She had four assists and one turnover in her last game and has had seven or more assists in four of her last eight games. ... Morgan Tuck shot 4-for-7 from the field against Memphis Saturday, marking the second time in her four games she’s shot 50 percent or better from the field. ... Over the past two games, Houston has shot 13-for-38 from the free throw line, a percentage of only 34.2. That dropped the Cougars to a season low of 58.4 percent which is ranked 338th out of 343 Division I programs. ... Dolson has 54 assists this season. By contrast, Houston center Yasmeen Thompson has only four assists. ... Tierney Lawlor has made a 3-point basket in four of the last five games in which she has played. She has committed only one turnover in 59 minutes of play. ... Lawlor has made more threes than 11 of Houston’s 14 players and has a better field goal percentage (.524, 11-for-21) than 13 of 14 Cougars. Only Houston’s Mia Woods (.667, 2-for-3) is shooting better. ... UConn has allowed only one opponent all season to shoot 40 percent or better from the field as the-No. 2 ranked Duke shot 41.5 percent. Since then the last four opponents have failed to shoot 31 percent. ... Seven times this season, UConn had finished with more assists than field goals made by the Huskies’ opponent. ... The Huskies’ last four opponents have all committed 18 turnovers or more. ... Of the 18 major team statistical categories the NCAA ranks online, the Cougars ranked 200th or worse in 12 of them based on games through Jan. 2, after which Houston lost to Rutgers, 68-47. Their worst ranking was in assists as they were ranked 338th in the country at 8.1 per game. The other categories in which they were ranked 300th or worst were field goal percentage (35.3, 319th) and assist/turnover ratio 0.46, 329th). ... The Cougars have only 116 assists this season compared to 246 turnovers. They have reached double figures in assists in only one of their last 12 games. ... Houston has shot better than 40 percent from the field in only three of its 14 games so far and has failed to do so in six of its last seven games. ... Former associate head coach Wade Scott took over as the team’s interim head coach on Dec. 21 after head coach Todd Buchanan stepped down for personal reasons. The team is 0-3 under Scott with losses to Central Florida, South Florida and Rutgers. ... The Huskies have won 75 games in a row against first-time opponents.

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